HOW DO WE KNOW, JUST WHOM WE ARE TALKING TO IN THIS FORUM???????
I question if they are male or female as you are correct sometimes we just do not know. You can normally tell if they are male or female , but there are those occassions where you cannot figure it out. I don't care to much about the Avatars so long as I know who I am speaking with , as it is weird if you m ake a comment thinking it is a women and it is a man and vice versa. I also agree there are some strange ones out there and you thank God they are not your neighbor!!! ::::::::
I am glad that they are not ours well I hope not. I am not a shrink either but sometimes wish I was..lolololo
Although I do wonder if anybody on here is actually my neighbor and I just don't realize it. mmmmm... I don't want to think about it as it seems to strange. Maybe it is my nosey neighbor who I call Mrs. Kravitz and wrote about.
The short answer is, you don't. But that's nothing new. People have used pen names for hundreds of years. It doesn't really matter except on an on-line dating site
Thanks for the 'genuine'
Another common source of miscommunication is local English. People who don't travel or perhaps don't even read widely often fail to realise how wide can be the range of meanings around the world of a single word or phrase.
Definitely an Aussie.
It is usually worth taking a look at the person's user page. You can usually tell the genuine ones from the non-genuine.
Some people have what they consider to be a valid reason for hiding their real name/photo etc; some are just paranoid; but some use it to hide behind poor behavior.
I am me. And I also upset the christian lady because I took offense at being told your kind (unbelievers) are a dime a dozen.
Although my head is not really a blue planet Earth (and really does have the usual two eyes, one nose, and one mouth); and although I use a pen name (only to protect the privacy of my family), I am every bit who/what I say I am throughout any of my writing.
As someone else said, I have my profile page, which leads to any number of other sites/pages; and I think it's pretty clear that the writing all comes from the same person. I do have several blogs in order to put different types of material on each; but I've even tried to show some consistency in style throughout them by using my same, old, boring (and yet "me") color and design choices.
I've been kind of uncomfortable with the idea of "sticking my face on the Internet"; but if I had a recent, decent-looking, picture I might consider it. I've written a couple of things about products and been accused of either working for the company that makes something I make a positive remark; or working for the competitor if I make a negative remark. It kind of amazes me, because - honest - I'm so "the real me" (except for the altered name).
As for other people, I know not all are who they say are; but maybe that doesn't really matter (can't matter) a good part of the time. If I were smart I'd probably make myself and my writing a whole lot more colorful and exciting - but I'm not creative enough to do that, even if I wanted to.
Ah - but Mandybeau, how can we be sure you are who you say you are? In all seriousness, it would be nicer if everyone were who they say they are, wouldn't it... Jewels, are you Catwoman?
(I wonder if your avatar says some deep, psychological, thing about you when you have chosen a character who wears "an outfit" and a mask? (Of course, I wonder if my selecting a whole planet (albeit a transparent one) says some deep, psychological, thing about me (other than I think it's a pretty picture) Somewhere online there must be some site that analyzes this type of stuff (and maybe even how to detect who is real and who isn't).
Something that occurs to me is whether people who are truly who they say they are may be uncomfortable showing a face other than their own - and so choose "non-face" or "non-human-face-showing" images instead? Interesting theory, eh?
I think I'm going to do a search and see what shows up. Nobody has to worry. I won't report back. This is really interesting. I get into online gaming from time to time and I have noticed that some people tend to gravitate towards particular types of character classes. Some people really like playing the Paladin (leadership class) while others really like playing the mage (power class), etc.
You can really learn a lot about yourself and others by going back and re-reading your online interactions. I think, in many ways, people tend to be less guarded when online, because its not like they are going to meet any of the people in real-life. Kindda like talking to a bartender.
This gives me all sorts of ideas to put into a hub!I was just doing some searches on this and found some really humorous articles on profile picture analysis. It would be a lot of fun to do a Freudian analysis of profile pictures
What do you think? What would Freud say?lol - I disagree. I think said Bog Roll is extremely complex, and it would take someone with at least Freud's brand of genius to figure her out
Schweet, I've seen the phrase Bog Roll today. I'm throwing in Season One of Red Dwarf now.
G|MNeat! I have a friend from England that I've begun to trade stuff through the mail (or maybe "post") with.
I love to learn a new cultures..well, culture, I guess. I live in California--I've met people from Russia, Germany, Taiwan, South Africa, and on, and on. I like to impress people sometimes.
But most here that know me, know that, I think..
Love,
G|MNice to meet you, too Mandy! I'm going to be going through your ish soon.
Quite a history. I recently wrote a Hub (<--bad plug) that deals with piracy today and yesterday, detailing about some colonial times.
You just have shown how "crazy" it was when pirates ruled the seas.
And goldentoad, I'm with you man. Grab some Red Dwarf and you'll enjoy. Especially if you visit doctor greenthumb beforehand.
And yes, I've a medical license. So feel free to throw stones.
G|M
I think everyone on HubPages should create their own toilet-paper head, take a picture, and use it as their avatar - all on the same day. It may not be the most clever form of group humor, but I do like to imagine people searching Google, getting to HubPages, and finding nothing but toilet-paper-head avatars.
I tend not to be a fan of Freud, for the most part,
but even if he knew what he was talking about on some things, I'd probably rather not want to know his version of what any of our avatars mean.
When this thread first started I did ask myself why I selected that Earth picture (I use a black-and-white keyboard on other sites, boring; and the same black-eyed Susans on some,both boring and "branding", I guess - as well as the quickest PD image I ran into). I did make the conscious effort to separate Hub writing for my other stuff, but - really - "pretty picture" was the main thing. I suppose I wanted something kind of universal (and what's more "universal" than Earth?), but I suppose the prettiness of the picture shows my femininity. Consciousness about the planet seemed like a good message too. Mostly, I liked the combo sun, water, clouds, Earth, see-through thing.
Two things occur to me: I wonder if those reasons are what people would have assumed they were; and I wonder if anyone else has self-analyzed his choice in avatar. (Of course, there is also the thing that sometimes we just stick any old picture on for an avatar, because we don't like that silhouette guy representing us.)Yeah, Freud's theories can sometimes be weird, creepy, and a bit disturbing but I really enjoy what he has to say. Makes me think about things from all these new angles that normally I would never think to go.
For me, the planet picture makes me think of the environment first - solar power, energy, going green.
I think it is difficult to take "silhouette guy" too seriously. If he won't even spend 2 minutes putting up a profile picture, how much thought is he really going to put into anything else?
The topic of online image and online representation really fascinates me. Strangely though, I did not spend too much time thinking about my own profile picture when I first joined. Since then, I have gotten attached to my avatar, so I have not changed it.
This, I think, it another interesting aspect of profile pictures. Some people get attached and never change it, while others change it quite frequently. Freud would have more to say!Yeah, and it'd probably be just as crazy as he was.
But excellent points about profile pictures. I love yours, and most of everyones, actually.
golentoads is awesome right now.
And more, but...hey, I'm just giving a general overview, I'm no authority.
G|MYou're right. My authority is vague.
So - you blew my inheritance? Typical........
LOL!This is great..had a hearty laugh!LOL.
- TheSandmanposted 14 years ago
0 I have a couple of other reasons some people may prefer not to post their picture (or maybe real name); and they're not negative/questionable reasons at all.
With pictures, some people who write because writing is their "thing", some people can want their writing to stand on its own and not be tied (for good or ill) to their appearance. For some people (like me), not matter of serious, light, or otherwise my writing is, I want it to be about the writing. It shouldn't matter what I look like (even if that happened to be, say, like - who - Heidi Klum? Marilyn Monroe? Cleopatra? Archie Bunker? ) Writing sites often say people should post a picture so they show they'll stand behind their words. I do stand behind my words, and am willing to back up or debate anything I say. I don't happen to think posting my photo guarantees much more than that.
The name - some people have bad sounding names. Others may not want to give away a nationality for some reason. Others could have too many people online with the same name.And what exactly did I say to you?
That you are patronizing.
And here you are again being condescending and patronizing. I do not hold dear that particular christian value of being patronizing to people who do not buy into your ridiculous belief system.
In fact - I find it offensive.
Get down off your high "holier than thou" christian horse and you might actually find that there are some nice people here. And sometimes they say it like they see it instead of this passive aggressive wounded christian BS.
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I went out on a limb and put up a cutesy Easter bunny between yesterday and today - just because I was "inspired" to get away from the Earth thing and put something Easter-ish. I got rid of it around midnight, though, because when it comes down to it, I'm not the cutesy-bunny avatar type.
mandybeau, I'll be interested to see if your toilet tissue face picture is still up tomorrow night. Last night, as I was getting the holiday dinner stuff ready, I thought, "Why don't I put up an Easter avatar..". Tonight, when I saw it I thought, OMG - get that thing off there!"
For some reason, that toilet tissue lady is surprisingly disturbing for a mere roll of toilet tissue.and I went on the "cutesy bunny" kick for Easter - even though I don't have a shred of "cutesy" in my personality whatsoever. I have to admit, though, it was kind of good to see a different picture for a change.
(I agree that if someone gives people the creeps they're mostly likely creepy to the core. People who aren't creepy don't have a creepy alter ego either.)
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